Sweet Clover Is
Best for Forage
and Green Manuring Than
for Hay Crop.
{Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
The recent sudden increase In the
growing of sweet clover In the north-
ern United States has brought many
inquiries to federal hay Inspectors and
to hay dealers regarding the marketing
of baled sweet-clover hay. The acre-
age of sweet clover available for har-
vesting this year is the largest ever
known, while the heavy plantings that
were made this spring will result
sweet
forage crops in the country In
for
however,
under.
cut
for
Some
pasture
of it,
or plowing
will be
quirements will be offered for sale.
Hay Not In Favor.
Sweet-clover hay is not held in high
favor in the leading hay markets and
dealers report much difficulty in
posing of the sweet-clover hay con-
signed to them. The United States
Department of Agriculture reports
that official standards or grades
have been established for sweet-clover
hay and that no such grades are con-
templated for the immediate future,
The very evident lack of market In-
terest In sweet-clover hay Is due to the
fact that hay from this crop hereto-
fore offered for sale has been of very
low quality and of poor condition
Practically all of it has consisted of
an unattractive mass of coarse, woody
stems, almost devoid of leaves and fine
stems, often badly weathered or moldy,
and obviously of low feeding value.
The principal buyers of legume hays,
including the clovers and alfalfa, are
dairymen, and these demand hay that
is fine-stemmed and leafy, sound, and
of good color and of high palatability
and feeding value, Sweet-clover hay
may be so produced as to have all of
these characteristics, but the
hay usually on the
would be largely wasted if fed
Most buyers will not
it even for bedding.
no
type
placed market
COWS, consider
Cause of Poor Quality,
the quality
The
gsweet-cl
cause of
of
wer hay lle tly In care-
in harvesting
ing and
of
lessness in
the nature
clos er i
moderate growth the
large and rapid
Most of the hay is
Wh
right time this
partly
the crop itself Sweet
¥
is a biennial plant, making a
he first
« 1
1 fl year and a
very growth the sec-
ond spring
from » second-year crop
vested at the
year Sweat
hay If properly cured,
and storing
obtain good
The
as the
clover will make very
bt
it the
of sweet Wer so
hay is very
cult.
Just
and
curs is usually
four days
i=
gible
ting
pear the stems hecon
the intery
too Sn¢
to cure wi
ta dels
SOME Are COATREe §
dry
of the
very fibrous and
80 » swath that most
off hefore
lant + « 1 1
+)
e hay can be put into the barn. If
the sweet clover stacked
in the mow at that stag
when the leave
stalks, the stalks
to
turns
are
appy
that
start a strong ferment
often
'n-
musty
the
the hay and moldy
) A
fortunately, harvesting
co at
time when farmers are
busy to watch the sweet clover closely,
As a result little
sweet-clover hay Is saved in good eon-
dition have
disclosed, second
year for any
reason is likely
to eause severe and often fatal poison
The
to be due to a fungus
develops on inside
gtems,
All
proved somewhat bjs
low clover or
white varieties, like the Grundy Coun-
ty, Instead of the common white spe-
In general, however, second-year
weet clover hay Is being looked upon
with Increasing disfavor. Although
it may be used in an emergency for
home-farm use it should not he ecul-
tivated to compete with alfalfa and
red clover as market hay.
5 First-Year Cutting.
A good word should be sald, on the
other hand, for sweet-clover hay cut
the first fall following a spring plant-
ing. In a good season and on moist soll
one and sometimes two enttings of ex-
cellent hay may be obtained In August
and early September, This hay Is
fne-stemmmed and leafy, of first-rate
appearance and feeding value, and
comparable In every way to good al
falfa hay. In fact, it has been offered
on one market as “near alfalfa.” The
only objection to first-year sweet-
clover hay ls the grain stubble which
it may contain, if the seeding Is with
a nurse crop,
This can be avolded by planting the
sweet clover alone or by cutting It
higher than the stubble. Cutting
should take place not later than the
middie of September, since much food
material in the stems and leaves, In-
cluding the valuable protein, is ear.
ried to the roots In late fall for stor.
age over winter.
The value of sweet clover for pas-
ture and green manure is very great,
In these respects the crop is unex-
celled. The utility of the crop for hay
is doubtful, especially for market hay,
shen It must compete with such well.
known legumes as alfalfa and red
elover,
and at a
very second-year
lecent Investigations
furthermore, that
sweet-clover hay, which
has become spoiled,
ing of cattle. trouble is thought
or mold which
the of the hollow
planting the yel
,
sweet one of the early
cles,
Some Visible Signs
of Binder Troubles!
Good Pointers.
According to farm machinery ex-
perts at the Nebraska Agricultural
college, a careful observation of the
following “ifs” will secure better op-
eration and less trouble:
1. If the machine travels with a
Jerky motion, main drive chaln Is too
loose or it be dry. Try a little
oll it.
2. If the slats rip off the canvas,
the are not square.
8. If the knotter hook is rusty and
rough, It will not work properly, Pol-
ish it with fine paper,
1f binder attachment
timed properly, it will not work.
timed in
may
on
elevators
h emery
4. {8 not
Some
the
as many as five
places.
5. If the knotter hook does not turn
far enough to close the fingers on the
twine, tied. look at
the It should not be
no knot will be
knotter pinion.
6. If the
cord holder,
through the
be pulled
Adjust
should
twine slips
the twine will
out before the knot tied.
the cord holder spring. It
take 40 pounds to pull the twine from
the disk.
7. If the disk not far
enough, the knotter hook grasps only
one cord, hence a loose end band.
8. If the {8s bent or out of
shape, there will be a loose end band.
The needle is of malleable {ron and
may hammered back to shape.
9. If the twine is pulled from
hook before the knot Is tied, try the
knife, it be dull
10. 1f wish change
of bundles, do it with the
spring, not the
spring,
is
does move
needle
be
the
may
the size
bundle-sizer
or
you to
tension compress
Grain-Cleaning Device
Described in Bulletin
Apparatus, called a Bates aspir
inventor, E. Jates,
ket
» pesessab
of
3
ng becotue
hlems of the
of the
ds of using it
Miscolln ned
Grain With the
or,” coples of which 1
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apparatus and
h
+ In wus Ci
leaning
Nay
De
Washington
obtained upon request
partment of Agriculture,
D. C.
at Half Rate in South
carriers of the
association
Southeast
granted
the trans
Common
ern Tariff have
concesasion on
when their
$150
breeding purposes
value does not exceed
This by the
United States Department of Agricul-
the of the
Cattlemen's association is expect-
aid In fn-
inf
information received
secretary South-
ern
ed to developing the cattle
The
the breeding o
increased recognition
live stock
r
f good
Is receiving from commercial sources
hastening in im
provement, according to specialists In
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture,
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With shingles, as with anything else, |
it's false economy to use an inferior
grade, i
is progress stock
Time and material spent in bulld- |
ing a suitable poultry house or remod- |
eling or refurnishing the old, will
draw good dividends.
* . »
When the ration does not contain
a sufficient amount of animal protein,
the hens molt earlier, regardless of
when they. were hatched.
. . .
The 4-4.50 bordeaux mixture applied
as a wet spray Is an effective control
for tipburn or hopperburn of potatoes, |
The spray should be applied when the
first injury is noticed.
. . .
Dogs now may be immunized against
rables, Ask your local veterinarian
and Insure the peace of mind of your
self and your neighbors as well as
prevent “mad-dog” scares.
* . *
It 1s undesirable to close too quick
ly the furrows where asparagus roots
have been planted this year. Allow
the asparagus to get well started and
then fill in the trench only gradually
when cultivating.
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